Autographic register



Feb. 10, 1931. B D 1,791,858

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Feb. 25. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Address SamuelBrand MM W- Feb 10, 1931.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER Filed Feb. 25. 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 FrG- 3 43ClerkHN w. .h

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ilnncnloz Sarnuel Brand Patented Feb. 10, 1931 UNITED f arts SAMUELBRAND, OF DAYTON; OHIO, ASSI COMPANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO,

AUTOGBAPHIC REGISTER GNOB TO THE NATIONHJ CAGE REGISTER A COBPOEATIGN OFMARYLAND Application filed February 25, 1927. Serial Re. 170,851.

A further ob'ect of. the invention is to provide a novel eeding deviceto control the issuing strip feed to render the feed 1216f: fective whenthe printed forms thereon are in proper position at the writin opening.

Another object is to provide slits in the issuing strip at regularintervals to control the feeding feeding of the strips.

Another object is to provide a severing means located in relation to thefeeling de-' vice, so that, the strip is severed across the slits in thestrip.

With these and incidental objects in View, the invention includescertain novel features of construction and combinations of parts, theessential elements of which are set forth in appended claims and apreferred form or embodiment of which is hereinafter described withreference to the drawings which accompany and form part of thisspecification.

Of said drawin I Fig. 1 is a longitudinal, sectional view of theautographic register.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view 'device to stop the of the register. Fi 3 is aview showing an original slip toget or with a duplicate slip printed onopposite sides of a single strip.

ig. 4 is a detail view of the operating cam together with itscooperating members. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of a section of theissuing strip, as it would appear if unwound from the supply roll,before the strip is issued from the machine, and shows the location ofthe U-shaped slits at regular intervals in the strip,

feeding control feeling finger cooperates Ushaped and also shows howthe.

with the U-shaped aperture to stop the feed 3 of the strip.

Fig. 6 is a detail view between the main feed rollers.

of the friction drive operating means and the In general, the registercontains a check or slip supply roll of ed on both sides a perforatedline double slip is fed paper having forms printplaced alternately andwith between the forms. This from the register and is to automaticallysevered from the strip. A

separate record strip is maintained Both alining devices which maintaina uniform The records are made upon and by the aid the register.

feedingof each. the'original slip paper duplicates within strips arecontrolled by of carbon are simultaneously made upon the other slip andthe record strip.

The strip is provided with a U-shaped slit forms for each pair ofprinted on the slip paper, to co-act with feeling devices to control thelen th 0 strip. By t iis means, a

f feed given the issuing uniform feed is maintained for each pair ofslips fed out or? the machine.

Described in detail 30 upon which rests the register has a case a casing31 having a writing opening 32 through which an orig? nal strip 33 isaccessible for items thereon. T from a supply roll roller 35, across asecond 42 in the Th vided with printed the entry of 1s unwound over aguide his strip 33 34 and moves a writing table 36., around guide roller37, and returns across a the writing table and 39, through a slot 40 ina rigi passing between feeding casing 31. e issuing check ofslip strip33 is profornis on opposite sides of printed forms are arrangedalternately on opposite sides of t he issuing strip 33, in the directionof the length of the slip having a perforated line between them theslipsare removed from the so that after register they may be easily separatedfrom each other.

When the original form LS in position at the writing opening as shown inFig. 2, a duplicate of this form, of the strip, is im printed on theother side mediately below the original form shown. As the records areentered upon this original form, duplicates are made upon the other formon the opposite side of this strip by the aid of carbon pa er, which isinserted between the two folds 0 this strip. This strip is provided withU-shaped slits (Fig. 5), placed at regular intervals, and these slitsare spaced, one for each pair of printed forms, or in other words onefor each set of original and duplicate checks or slips. The relativeposition of the U-shaped slit in relation to its printed form on thestrip, is clearly shown in Fig. 5.

As the strip is fed through the rollers 38 and 39, the slit in the stripis in alinement with a finger 48 which is held by a spring 49 againstthe under surface of the strip 33, and as the slit approaches the finger48 the spring 49 will cause the finger to raise a tongue 43 formed bythe slit and by so doing rocks a downwardly projecting arm 50 intoengagement with a ratchet 51 and stops the feed of the strip 33. Fig. 5illustrates how the feeding finger 48 raises the tongue 43 and entersthe strip. The ratchet 51 is freely mounted on a rod 52 and has fastenedto it a gear 53 in mesh with a pinion 54 secured to the feed roller 39.Also mounted upon the rod 52 is a gear 55 which lies alongside of gear53 and drives gear 53 by afriction means so that the gear 53 can bestopped by the arm or detent 50, and the driving gear 55 continues itsrotation. The friction means includes a collar 44 (Fig. 6), secured tothe rod 52; a friction disk 45 loosely mounted on the rod 52, andconnected by a mortise and tenon to the hub of the gear 55, also looselymounted on the rod 52; and a compression spring 46 acting to separatethe friction disk 45 and gear 55 to create friction between the gear 53and the friction disk 45, and between the gear 55 and collar 44, todrive the gear 53 to feed the check strip. The above described frictiondrive is substantially the same as that shown in Letters Patent of theUnited States, No. 1,506,056, granted to M. M. Goldberg on August 26.1924. In mesh with the gear 55 is a gear 56 mounted upon a shaft 57,this shaft being rotated by an operating crank 58 located on the lefthand side of the register, as shown in Fig. 2. The crank 58 has aplunger 59 projecting through a hand knob 60 and the end 61 of saidplunger engages the lower end of a yieldable stop 62 which is fastenedat its upper end to the casing of the register.

As the crank 58 approaches its home position during an operation, a lug63 on this crank engages the lower end 64 of the yield able stop 62 tostop the crank. To start the crank, the operator pushes the plunger 59inwardly bending the yieldable stop 62 out of the plane of the lug 63.

The ratio of the gears from the operating crank to the feed rollers 39is such that the strip 33 will be moved its full distance before theoperating crank has made a complete rotation, the difference of themovement being taken care of by the friction drive between the gears 53and 55. At the beginning of an operation the finger 48 is withdrawn fromthe path of the strip by a cam which engages a pin 71 mounted in an arm72 pinned to a shaft 73 to which the finger 48 is secured.

Near the end of an operation, the checks or slips are severed from thestrip b a movable knife 74 connected by a link 75 to an arm 76 pivotedon rod 77. The arm 76 carries a roller 78 which cooperates with a cam 79secured to the shaft 57. The knife 74 is so located in relation to thefeeling finger 48, that the issuing strip is severed at a.point wherethe U-shaped slit is located in the strip. and for this reason, when theslip is removed from the machine, the tongue 43 (Fig. 3) remains on theduplicate strip and a notch is left in the original slip. The feelingfinger 48 raises the ton ue 43 high enough to push the tongue out 0% forthis reason the tongue is not severed from the strip.

It may be stated that the slits in the check strip which control thestopping of the feeding rollers may be elliptical or oblong in shape, orthey may be in the form of holes and when the check is severed the cutis made through a slit or perforation so that when the severed check isremoved from the machine the 0 en end of this perforation will slip.

over nger 48.

In addition to the original and duplicate check strip there is anotherstrip 85 which remains in the machine. This strip is fed from a su plyroll 86 across the writing table 36 aroun a uide roller 87 and onto areceiving roll 88 w ich is mounted upon a shaft 89, the records beingmade upon the strip 85 by a second sheet of carbon paper placed betweenstri 33 and this strip 85.

1e receiving roll 88 is operated by a friction drive between theoperating crank and the receiving roll. Secured to the receiving roll isa ratchet wheel 90 engaged by a pawl 91 to stop the receiving roll 88when the right amount of paper has been moved across the writing table.The control of this stopping pawl is similar to that of the check stripstopping pawl 50. This pawl 91 is mounted upon a stud 92 and fastened toa finger 93 held against the surface of the record strip 85 by a spring94. When this finger 93 is engaging the surface of the strip 85 the pawl91 will be disengaged from the ratchet wheel 90. The record strip, likethe issuing check strip, is provided with slits or holes spaced atregular intervals so that when the proper amount of paper has passedover the writing table the finger 93 will enter a slit or perforation,allowing the pawl 91 to engage the ratchet wheel 90 and stop therotation of the receiving roll 88. The pawl 91 is disengaged from thepath of the knife, and

the ratchet wheel 90, and the finger 93 disengaged from the strip 85 atthe beginnin of an operation of the machine by a cam 96 ig. 4)cooperating with a pin 97 mounted in an arm 98 which is supported on thestud 92 and operatively connected to the arm 93 by a hub 99. Thereceiving roll 88 is rotated by the driving gear 56 through a gear 95which lies alongside of the ratchet wheel 90 and drives this ratchetwheel by friction.

The feeding of the check strip and the rec- 0rd strip is always uniformas the slits or holes in these strips cooperate with the fingers 48 and93 to correct any discrepancies due to slippage, or any other cause,occur in the feeding of these strips during an operation of the machine.

While the form of mechanism herein shown and described is admirablyadapted to fulfill the objects primarily stated, it is to be understoodthat it is not intended to confine the invention to the one form orembodiment herein disclosed, for it is susceptible of embodiment invarious forms all coming within the scope of the claims which follow.

What is claimed is:

1. In an autographic register; the combination of a pair of feed rollersto feed a record strip; means to sever the record strip at regularintervals; a feeler to enter an aperture in the record strip when theaperture is adjacent the severing means; and means controlled by thefeeler when the feeler enters the aperture to arrest the record strip inposition to be severed at a point across the aperture.

2. In an autographic register, the combination of means to feed a recordstrip, said strip having at regular intervals therein a slit shaped toform a tongue; severing means to cut the strip to form a separate slip;a feeler adapted to strike the tongue, raise the same out of the path ofthe severing means and enter the aperture made by the removal that mayto sever the strip; a device to enter an 9. erture in the record stripat a predetermined point; a detent connected to said device and adaptedto engage the strip feed means to arrest the strip so that the severingmeans operates on the strip across the aperture; and means to controlthe detent to disengage the detent from strip feed means, and to controlthe deviceto remove the device from the aperture in the strip. 1

5. In an autogra hic register; the combination of means to eed a recordstrip means to sever the strip at regular intervals; and means,yieldingly actuated in one direction to enter an aperture in the recordat a predetermined point, and to engage the strip feed means to arrestthe strip so that the severing means operates on the strip across theaperture, said last-named means being positively actuated in anotherdirection to be withdrawn from the aperture and disengaged from thestrip feed means. I

6. In an autographic register; the combination of a pair of feed rollersto feed a record strip, said strip having apertures cut to form tongues;means to sever the stri at regular intervals; a feeler to enter one othe apertures asthe strip is fed, feed roller arresting means connectedto the feeler to be actuated thereb to arrest the strip when theaperture into which the feeler is projected, is adjacent the severingmeans; and means to actuate the severing means when the aperture isadjacent thereto, to cut the strip across the aperture to form a slipwith a. tongue at one end and a notch at the other end.

In testimony whereof I afiix my si ature.

SAMUEL BR ND.

of said tongue; means connected to and operated by the feeler, as itenters said aperture, to stop the feed of the strip withthe aperture inthe path of the severing means; and means to operate the severing meansto cut the strip on a line running across the aperture.

3. In an autogra hic register; the combination of means to eed a recordstrip; means to sever the strip at regular intervals; at device to enteran aperture in the record strip when the aperture is adjacent thesevering means; means controlled by said device as the latter enters theaperture, to engage and arrest the strip feed means, whereby the stripis arrested in position to be severed across the aperture; and means todisengage the lastnamed means from the strip feed means and remove saiddevice from the path of the strip.

,. 4. In an autogra hic register; the combination of means to eed arecord strip; means

